Board Adopts Truck-Weight Restriction on IU Willits Road After Resident Complaints

The Town Board on Sept. 15 adopted an ordinance aiming to limit heavy truck traffic on IU Willits Road after residents described repeated incidents of vehicles striking parked cars, shaking houses and creating safety concerns near a school.

William Andrade, identified by the clerk as a resident of 136 IU Willits Road, described losing parked vehicles and hearing frequent heavy trucks pass by his home; he urged restrictions on heavy trucks, noting some drivers appear to use the street as a cut-through.

Board members and the Port Washington Police Department said enforcement efforts—weighting trucks during stings—have been used and that the ordinance is intended to reduce cut-through truck traffic rather than deliveries. The board closed the hearing and adopted the ordinance; members said they will continue to coordinate with county agencies and enforcement teams.

The ordinance restricts trucks over a specified tonnage from using IU Willits Road; the transcript did not list a start date for enforcement, which will depend on interagency coordination and signage.